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The Clara Ford Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was established in 2005 to promote, preserve and celebrate the art of African American quilting and quilting in general. It was founded by Atlanta quilterO.V. Brantley to honor her grandmother Clara Ford, who lived and quilted in Crossett, Arkansas until her death in 1966.

The Foundation carries out its activities through a Board of Directors consisting of O.V. Brantley, CEO; Aleathia Chisolm, Finance Director; Rosalind Newell, Legal Counsel; and Marva Swanson, Program Director.

The long term mission of the Clara Ford Foundation is to establish an African American quilt museum in Atlanta. Other activities of the Foundation include sponsoring the Atlanta Quilt Festival each year in August. The Festival is a month long celebration of quilting and dollmaking through exhibits, workshops, appraisals and a Master Class with a renown quilter.

Through its web site, the Clara Ford Foundation also serves as a clearinghouse for information about all things related to quilting. If you have a quilting event you would like posted, send an email to ovbrant@gmail.com.

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The Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show will include a large vendor mall, seminars, workshops, demonstrations, quilt contest, fashion shows and stage presentations plus special exhibits.

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